TAKE ACTION :: CHARITY :: The Life You Can Save :: Choosing charities that save the world

At thelifeyoucansave.org you can choose from a number of carefully chosen and vetted charities all with goals of helping reduce the causes of global poverty around the world.

Their Goal: “Effective giving to reduce global suffering and death…Our charities work to fight the devastating effects of extreme poverty in over 90 countries worldwide. We support cost-effective initiatives that provide everyday basics – such as food, water, health care, and education – and promote cutting-edge research to find the best solutions to global poverty.”

The Life you can Save is also a book. The charity was founded by Author and philanthropist Peter Singer. About that from their website: “In his books The Life You Can Save (Random House, 2009) and The Most Good You Can Do (Yale, 2015), our founder and Princeton ethicist Peter Singer argues that extreme poverty can be eliminated—but only if each of us chooses to do our part.

We endeavor to change the culture of philanthropy by making effective giving a societal expectation and qualifier for a moral and just life. We want unnecessary luxuries to become anti-status symbols. We want to widen our collective understanding of community to include not just our immediate circle of family, friends, and local institutions. We envision a global community that feels responsibility toward the needy and deserving all over the world.

Each of us can help save a child’s life. Join our thousands of supporters who have taken our public pledge to give a percentage of their yearly income to effective charity.”